thBody^ as the exiflence of this [enfihk mrld:iot according as our Senfcs 
are altered by the prefcnce ordifpoficionof theO^;^^/, To differently 
do we find that we have thoughts, that are related to them ; fo that our 
ferceptiom cannot be continual dreams, but muft really anfwer the im- 
prefTion made by the ohjtdi. But making farther an abftra^ion of all/^«/- 
hie bodies yho. findfith Artie. 20 that exte^Jion is as true a Charadler of them, 
as the of thin^mg is of the Soul : out of which extenfiariy with fome 
Principles of Natural notions^ he is confident that all the Th^nomena in 
Nature may be deduced and explained. And becaufe it is very hard to 
give a rational account, how thefe tm Sub fiances Soul and Bodj^ differing 
fo much one from another, may be /f/W/i^^^^^r, he tMs^ Art, i^yoffeve- 
ral degrees, by which this Umon is to be facilitated ; propofing a perfect 
harmony betwixt the variety of parts continually moved in the body, and 
the perceptiofi altered by fuch relations in the Soul. Which Mechanical 
Analogy he declareth from Art.ig to the end of the Book ; iTiewing ho.v 
Refpiration and Attraction of the Air,The Nouriflimcnt of the body by 
Eacingand Drinking,The Digeftion5Fermentation,Sanguification,Circu- 
lation of the blood, be the caufes of all Difsafesand Sickneflesjas Feaver, 
Apoplexy, Confumption, Pieurifies, and other Infirmities are produced 
and how the ^^/»^^/«9/?/nVj are generated Xnth^ Br^iin^ and afterwards 
through the whole body difperfedjdo ferve for the perfe^ Of^(?»aw7 of 
the Body,and in all Ta£lons of the Soul, Amongft all thefe explicati- 
onSjthe Author fomecimes does corre^ the errors and miliakes of other 
Pbyficians, efpecially about the generation #x femine & ovo. For the 
reft, the whole book feemcth to be a meer explication of Des-C^rtes bis 
opinions, 
P^g* ^ 5?» the \.%%, translated, V.i^^Xia^.tohlm. P, 
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L 18. THpilla. 179. 1. ip, Hyfothefis, P, 179.!. ^or T. i88,U 
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